Warning, Warning, Warning.
Baker is working for the Saudis, on this and everything else.
This conference is a Saudi design from the get go.
The "conference" would be brought togther by the US, as a creation of a US "foreign policy initiative".
As Baker has said, Israel is to be excluded from the "conference".
In spite of US objectives in putting the "conference" together and in spite of an initial agenda based on those objectives - all related to Iraq mostly, the US will:
1. Be unable to control the agenda,
2. Unable to control the "conclusions and recommendations" of the "invited participants"
3. Unable to prevent the Saudis and the Iranians from subverting the entire affair into one in which the sponsor of the "conference", the U.S., is asked to sign on to the "results" of the agenda, which will be:
"Dismantle Israel and we will stop the terrorists"
It is set up and Baker knows it.
The message from the power brokers is real clear: "You want peace? Surrender Israel." The only question left - is Israel so weak now that she will allow herself to walk the plank.